Programming serial port in C++ for Windows, Mac and Linux

I have developed a class library 'ceSerial.h' to use serial port (com port) on Windows, Mac and Linux. This cross-platform 'ceSerial' class is written in C++ and we just need to include "ceSerial.h" in your source code in order to use it. A simple example for C++ console program using the class is demonstrated. The source code can be found at

https://github.com/yan9a/serial

Figure. A wxWidgets GUI application using 'Serial' class with Visual Studio 2017

OpenCV 3.2 / 3.3 on Windows 10 - 64 bit Using Visual Studio 2015 / 2017

Using the latest version OpenCV (currently opencv-3.2.0) pre-built for 64 bit Windows with Visual Studio 2015 is discussed. The procedure is also applicable for OpenCV 3.3 and Visual Studio 2017. OpenCV is available to download at
https://sourceforge.net/projects/opencvlibrary/files/opencv-win/.
Then, the downloaded file, opencv-3.2.0-vc14.exe is extracted at C:\opencv as a folder called opencv320. Visual Studio 2015 IDE is downloaded from https://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/ and install. The following steps are tested on Windows 10 64 bit using Visual Studio 2015 and OpenCV-3.2.0. For other versions, the precedures are similar.

At first OPENCV_DIR is declared as an enviroment variable. Run 'Command window' in administrator mode by right clicking start menu and choosing command prompt (admin). Enter

setx -m OPENCV_DIR C:\opencv\opencv320\build\x64\vc14